Trail write-ups for my dayhiking over the past five years. Most of these were near my home in the San Gabriel Valley. However, I spent Fall 2011 living in Murray, Kentucky, so there's a large collection of hikes from Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area (KY and TN), as well as road trips between those places. You can view a list of my hikes for each year (with links to the write-ups for most of those hikes) by clicking on the link for each year's link, below.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Mojave National Preserve Star Party

I've helped out (with a telescope) at this semi-annual party about 4 times in the past, and it's almost always gone well (a few times it was a little windy for telescopes, but we still got to see something!). By May, we're hoping the high winds will be gone and we should get some excellent viewing in.

I've linked the flyer in the first paragraph, above. I'll also probably move this one back up to the top of the blog in a few days, a day or two after I get my next hike or two blogged.

The Preserve has outstanding dark skies and plenty of open space for hiking. I've got a few of my hikes from the preserve linked below:

The Black Canyon group campground mentioned in the Mojave Preserve linked at the top is north of I-40. Yes, it's quite a drive (about 4 hours), and you'll want to fill your tank in Barstow.

If you take I-40, you'll parallel historic route 66 for a good chunk of the drive, so you can take that scenic route, too. Amboy Crater is right adjacent to historic route 66. If it's not too hot, it's definitely worth a stop.

About Me

SkyHiker fits for both my hiking and my sidewalk astronomy interests. www.myown100hikes.blogspot.com is my hiking blog. I had been doing most of my hiking in southern California, especially the San Gabriel Mountains, although a temporary job assignment Fall 2011 let me do a whole bunch of hiking in and around Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, in southwestern Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee.
rosemeadsidewalk.blogspot.com is my sidewalk astronomy blog, although I don't post there very often. I actually do most of my sidewalk astronomy with the Old Town Astronomers, www.otastro.org
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